Variables | No. (%) of children with an ED visit, by variable | ED visits or not, OR (95% CI) | No. (%) of children with a hospital admission, by variable | Hospital admission or not, OR (95% CI) |
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UPC index | ||||
 Low (>0-0.40) | 1,566/12,148 (12.9) | Reference | 942/12,148 (7.8) | Reference |
 Medium (>0.40-0.70) | 1,002/10,702 (9.4) | 0.98 (0.90, 1.08) | 559/10,702 (5.2) | 0.93 (0.82, 1.04) |
 High (>0.70) | 672/9,643 (7.0) | 1.06 (0.95, 1.19) | 346/9,643 (3.6) | 0.87 (0.75, 1.01) |
Primary care model | ||||
 FMG | 961/9,464 (10.1) | Reference | 618/9,464 (6.5) | Reference |
 Pediatrician | 1,225/13,743 (8.9) | 0.96 (0.86, 1.07) | 643/13,743 (4.7) | 0.84 (0.73, 0.97) |
 Non-FMGs | 1,054/9,286 (11.3) | 1.11 (1.00, 1.22) | 586/9,286 (6.3) | 0.94 (0.83, 1.06) |
Age category | ||||
 2-5 yo | 1,765/14,304 (12.3) | Reference | 1,041/14,304 (7.3) | Reference |
 6-9yo | 789/8,972 (8.8) | 1.10 (1.00, 1.21) | 407/8,972 (4.5) | 0.95 (0.83, 1.07) |
 10-12yo | 376/4,582 (8.2) | 1.22 (1.08, 1.39) | 192/4,582 (4.2) | 0.95 (0.80, 1.12) |
 13-16yo | 310/4,635 (6.7) | 0.95 (0.83, 1.09) | 207/4,635 (4.5) | 0.93 (0.79, 1.10) |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 1,153/13,078 (8.8) | Reference | 724/13,078 (5.5) | Reference |
 Male | 2,087/19,415 (10.7) | 1.13 (1.04, 1.22) | 1,123/19,415 (5.8) | 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) |
SES | ||||
 Q1 (least deprived) | 613/7,912 (7.8) | Reference | 382/7,912 (4.8) | Reference |
 Q2 | 688/7,395 (9.3) | 1.07 (0.955, 1.20) | 422/7,395 (5.7) | 1.04 (0.90, 1.20) |
 Q3 | 585/5,770 (10.1) | 1.11 (0.99, 1.26) | 361/5,770 (6.3) | 1.11 (0.95, 1.29) |
 Q4 | 597/5,128 (11.6) | 1.28 (1.13, 1.44) | 300/5,128 (5.8) | 1.05 (0.89, 1.23) |
 Q5 (most deprived) | 638/5,164 (12.4) | 1.31 (1.16, 1.47) | 322/5,164 (6.2) | 1.08 (0.93, 1.27) |
Rurality | ||||
 Urban (population >100k) | 2,230/23,952 (9.3) | Reference | 1,190/23,952 (5.0) | Reference |
 Small cities (population 10k-100k) | 391/3,492 (11.2) | 0.99 (0.88, 1.12) | 290/3,492 (8.3) | 1.35 (1.16, 1.56) |
 Rural (population <10k) | 610/4,827 (12.6) | 1.08 (0.97, 1.20) | 360/4,827 (7.5) | 1.14 (1.00, 1.31) |
Other co-morbidities | ||||
 Asthma Only | 2,901/29,684 (9.8) | Reference | 1,269/29,684 (4.3) | Reference |
 Asthma & other comorbidities | 339/2,809 (12.1) | 0.82 (0.72, 0.94) | 578/2,809 (20.6) | 3.95 (3.52, 4.44) |
Previous hospital admission | ||||
 No | 1,707/22,787 (7.5) | Reference | 710/22,787 (3.1) | Reference |
 Yes | 1,533/9,706 (15.8) | 1.08 (0.99, 1.17) | 1,137/9,706 (11.7) | 1.91 (1.70, 2.14) |
Previous ed visits | ||||
 0 Visit | 353/12,678 (2.8) | Reference | 278/12,678 (2.2) | Reference |
 1 Visit | 448/6,551 (6.8) | 2.50 (2.16, 2.88) | 256/6,551 (3.9) | 1.41 (1.18, 1.69) |
 2-3 Visits | 857/7,010 (12.2) | 4.67 (4.08, 5.33) | 474/7,010 (6.8) | 2.13 (1.81, 2.50) |
 Over 4 visits | 1,582/6,254 (25.3) | 10.86 (9.48, 12.43) | 839/6,254 (13.4) | 3.34 (2.83, 3.93) |
Previous asthma specialist visitS | ||||
 0 Visits | 880/10,609 (8.3) | Reference | 551/10,609 (5.2) | Reference |
 1 Visit | 497/4,616 (10.8) | 1.16 (1.02, 1.31) | 261/4,616 (5.6) | 1.02 (0.87, 1.20) |
 2 Visits | 611/8,393 (7.3) | 0.97 (0.86, 1.09) | 295/8,393 (3.5) | 0.89 (0.76, 1.05) |
 Over 3 Visits | 1,252/8,875 (14.1) | 1.49 (1.34, 1.66) | 740/8,875 (8.3) | 1.45 (1.27, 1.65) |